VISTA Plus for MPE Administrator's Guide

Archiving Reports
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Archive Rules Fields
This section provides information on the fields that appear in the Archive Rules window.
Archive to Tape
In this field, enter a Yes/No flag that specifies whether a report is to be
stored to tape. When this flag is set to Y, the VISTACLN program writes
the report to tape when the report is removed from a folder.
Archive to Optical
Disk
In this field, enter a Yes/No flag that specifies whether a report is to be
stored to an optical disk. When the flag is set to Y, the VISTACLN
program will write the report to an optical disk when the report is removed
from a folder.
Archive Code
In this field, enter a two-character code to assign to a report. The code can
be used to categorize reports with similar information. The archive process
uses the code when selecting specific reports to archive to tape.
Generations
In this field, enter a value used to specify the number of copies of a report
to retain in a folder. When 10 generations of a report reside in a folder and
this value is set to 5, the VISTACLN program is used to remove the five
oldest copies. Either set this field or the Months/Days field.
Months/Days
In this field, enter the number of months and days to store copies of a
report. When this is set to 1 month and 15 days and the time elapsed is 2
months, the VISTACLN program is used to remove the all copies older
than one month and 15 days. Either set this field or the Generations field.
On-Line Retention
This field uses the defined generations or months/days to determine when
reports will be removed to tape.